As she returns with an album dubbed Brightest Blue , almost five years after Delirium , Ellie Goulding is eager to meet her audience again. In the meantime, the British singer returned to her career and the birth of her passion and then music during an episode of the Billboard Pop Shop podcast . And it seems that Björk has something to do with it.
“I came home one day when I was 15 and saw him play at the Royal Albert Hall on TV and I was a little drunk… And I was like 'Who is that?' I had just heard her sing It's Oh So Quiet on the radio. (…) And then when I listened to her… what she had done, it was breathtaking. It was a pivotal moment. The moment I was like, “Oh, well my voice is a little weird, but I can be a singer”. It really was at that time. "
Validated
After that, Ellie Goulding gradually discovered voices she could relate to, like those of Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush or Stevie Nicks. “These singers, the voices they had, gave me the impression of a sort of validation,” she continued. Even though people would tell me, “Ooooh, I think you should stick to the guitar”. Björk was one of the artists who made me feel that I had a place, that I could be a singer, ”she adds.
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